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Weekend round-up30 January 2012

Toaster fire

Hove firefighters were called out after a toaster caught fire at a property in Portslade yesterday (Sunday 29th January) tea-time.

Two crews were sent to the incident in Graham Avenue, Mile Oak, at 6.13pm and an ambulance was called to the scene as a precautionary measure after a 97-year-old man breathed in smoke. A Home Safety Visit was then carried out by crews at the flat.

Dallington Road Traffic Collision

Also yesterday, Heathfield and Burwash firefighters were called to a road traffic collision yesterday at Three Cups, Dallington, at 4.45pm.

Group Commander Nigel Cusack said: "A single vehicle involved had come to rest in a precarious position resting on its nose supported by a dense privet hedge. The occupant carried out a self-rescue and escaped the vehicle, and was subsequently checked out by paramedics on scene. The occupant was a male, believed to be in his early twenties.

"Fire crews assisted the Police by making the scene safe and returned the vehicle to a stable position, before the road could be opened again."

Eastbourne road traffic collision

Firefighters attended a road traffic collision in Old Town, Eastbourne, on Friday (January 27th).

Two crews were called to the incident at 9.52am after reports of one person trapped inside a vehicle, which had ended up on its side.

Firefighters freed the man and set about making the area safe and moving the vehicle into an upright position. Both the Highways Agency and Environmental Health were called upon as petrol had spilt from the vehicle. Crews left the scene at 10.14am.

Overcooked food

Overcooked food sparked a fire at a property in Whitehawk Road, Brighton, on Friday afternoon at 12.57pm.

Three crews from Brighton attended and thankfully no-one was injured and firefighters left at 1.08pm.

Fire in cavity wall

Rye and Broad Oak firefighters attended a fire reported in the third floor boiler room at Rye Lodge, Hilders Cliff, Rye, on Friday (27th January) at 11.17am. Crews tackled the fire and used equipment to cut away the cavity wall, ensuring the fire had not spread. Fortunately, no-one was injured and the crews left at 12.17pm.

Rotherfield fire

A man was treated after breathing in smoke at the scene of a fire in Rotherfield.

Three crews from Crowborough and Uckfield were sent to the incident in Station Road on Saturday (28th January) at 3.32pm.

The accidental fire was located in the wall cavity on the first-floor of the property and firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used one hose reel jet to tackle the fire and a Positive Pressure Ventilation Fan was used to blow the smoke from the building. Firefighters cut away parts of the wall to ensure the fire had not spread.

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